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“I remember a very important lesson that my father gave me when I was twelve or thirteen. He said, "You know, today I welded a perfect seam and I signed my name to it." And I said, "But, Daddy, no one's going to see it!" And he said, "Yeah, but I know it's there." So when I was working in kitchens, I did good work.”

— Toni Morrison

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As quoted in the New York Times Magazine (11 September 1994).

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Morrison, Toni. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Toni Morrison. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison

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